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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mc-Cathy Gallus" <gallusd_net@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: galluss_net@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:07:00 +0000
Subject: Hello--Please We Do Need Your Assistance.

My Dearest One,

Good day! I am contacting you to assist me and mother to transfer the Sum of
Seven Million US Dollars In Cash (US$7,000.000.00), we inherited from my
Late Father who is Chief Usafi Gallus which he made from the sale of Crude
Oil Business from his Company in our country. While I continue my education
and my education stopped abruptly due to the death of my Father.

I and my mother have been maltreated and humiliated by the family members of
my late father who claims that by tradition I cannot inherit my late fathers
assets/wealth, because of this, they tried to kill me and my mother so we
ran to a neighboring village and there my late father lawyer came and gave
us an envelope and in it was some vital legal documents of my late father
that before death of my late father he deposited this fund in a bank here in
Ghana and he gave us the legal documents which the bank gave to him at the
time he deposited the fund in the bank so I and my mother came to Ghana
immediately.

Unfortunately to this family members of my late father, they are not aware
that before the death of my late father he deposited Seven Million US
Dollars In Cash (US$7,000.000.00) in a bank here in Ghana so we want to
transfer the fund to you so that we will leave Ghana and meet you in your
country and you will help us invest the money for us since we do not have
any business ideal and buy us a house in your country after deducting your
commission while i continue my education. Many thanks to you if you can help
us as my mother said that she will compensate you with 25% of the total fund
when the fund is been successfully transfer to your account. I am waiting
for your urgent reply so that we can send you the legal documents that was
given to my late father at the time he deposited the fund in the bank and
his death certificate. Thanks and God Bless you as we wait for your urgent
reply for more details.


Best regards,

Mc-Cathy Gallus And Mother.

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